Jobscan

What it does

Paste the resume and the job description and Jobscan returns a match rate plus the exact hard skills, titles and phrases the posting uses that your document does not. It also flags formatting that applicant tracking systems parse badly — tables, text in headers, graphics standing in for words. It is a keyword tool, so it rewards mirroring the advert rather than writing well; use it to check a draft, not to write one.

Best for

• Tailoring a CV to one posting
• Getting past an automated filter

Where it stops